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  AllRefer.com - Shimoda, Japan (Japanese Political Geography) - Encyclopedia
30,081), Shizuoka prefecture, E central Honshu, Japan, at the south extremity of Izu peninsula, on Shimoda Bay.
It is an important port for the peninsula.
The first U.S. consulate, under Townsend Harris, was opened at Shimoda in 1856.
reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/S/Shimoda.html   (144 words)

  
 Thursday, August 16, 2001
Shimoda retains the charm of the spa towns, offering a park, a breathtaking seashore, a floating aquarium, and Ryosenji and Hofukuji temples, later associated with the American Kurofune (“Black Ships”) of Commodore Perry.
Legend holds that Okichi, born in Shimoda in 1841, was 17 when consulate Harris saw her leaving a bathhouse.
Shimoda and the lower eastern half of the Izu Peninsula are more than the usual tourist destinations.
www.pstripes.com /01/trav/tr081601f.html   (1634 words)

  
 Raised on courts, Shimoda nears career end with mixed emotions   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Shimoda's assist to turnover ratio of 1.36 was second in the league.
When the game is on the line Shimoda carries the team to where they need to be to eliminate the opponents, Marryott said.
Shimoda has mixed emotions about her last basketball season at the academy.
www.dcmilitary.com /navy/trident/9_02/sports/27047-1.html   (671 words)

  
 Todd Shimoda CSU
Shimoda, T. A., White, B. Y., & Frederiksen, J. Acquiring and transferring intellectual skills with modifiable software agents in a virtual inquiry support environment.
Shimoda, T. Effects of interesting examples and topic familiarity on text comprehension, attention, and reading speed.
Shimoda, T. A., & Takayesu, J. Individual roles and group dynamics in a neurobiology problem-based learning classroom.
lamar.colostate.edu /~shimoda/Pages/publications.htm   (760 words)

  
 Naples Daily News: Travel   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
But our best memories were of Shimoda, the historic and scenic city at the tip of the peninsula and the end of the train line.
Shimoda's station is about 2 hours 45 minutes away (one-way fare is $59, at 110 yen to the dollar).
Shimoda's compact city center is also dotted with landmarks from that time.
naplesnews.com /npdn/travel/article/0,2071,NPDN_15003_4016182,00.html   (1675 words)

  
 Shimoda - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Shimoda is the name of several places or a character.
Donald Shimoda is the name of the main character in Illusions by Richard Bach.
This is a disambiguation page, a list of pages that otherwise might share the same title.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Shimoda   (89 words)

  
 Mima Shimoda & Etsuko Mita vs. Kaoru Ito & Tomoko Watanabe 9/21/97 Review
Even though it was cool that Shimoda jumped off the top of the cage, the spot took too long to set up, and the way she does this spot she may as well just push the ladder over because her jump didn't add any impact to it.
Shimoda's arm was still dead from the earlier udehishigigyakujujigatame, and she had been doing a great job of selling it all the way.
Shimoda and Mita are also awesome in their distinct roles of sexy bloodthirsty animal and cold and insensitive executioner respectively.
www.quebrada.net /columns/47/47c.html   (2998 words)

  
 SHIMODA EMIKO :: 青头一怨气庙蛊马戏团
Shimoda is currently living in New York City, and has produced a series of 250 color portraits in oil.
The subjects are friends, neighbors and strangers, all of whom find or have found themselves in the New York that she adopted in the early '90's.
Shimoda is currently at work on the portraits that will emerge from that event.
shanghaiyiki.blogbus.com /logs/2005/05/1203392.html   (209 words)

  
 AJW TV 8/10/97
Shimoda fights back, but Aja sandwiches her with a running corner clothesline for a two.
Aja slams Shimoda and squashes her with an off the second rope splash for a near fall.
Shimoda flips through a backdrop suplex and nails a german suplex for a two, with Kyoko hitting her with a trash bin in the process.
www.angelfire.com /wrestling2/lkwrestling/ajwtv897.html   (2423 words)

  
 village voice > books > The Fourth Treasure by Todd Shimoda by Roland Kelts
Shimoda is a third-generation Japanese American, but his easygoing demeanor and faint twang betray his Southwestern childhood.
Shimoda's Western rationalism (he had worked as an engineer) gave way to what he calls "something a little deeper.
Tina is Shimoda's clearest protagonist, but she is a cipher even to herself.
www.villagevoice.com /issues/0220/kelts.php   (806 words)

  
 Navy Women Fall To American, 86-83 :: Davidson And Shimoda Drain 28 Points Each
Davidson scored 22 of her career-high tying 28 points in the first period, knocking down eight of 12 from the field, including a four for six performance from behind the three-point line.
Shimoda was just as hot, making five of six from the floor, including all four of her three point attempts for 14 first half points.
Shimoda scored six straight points, scoring on a conventional three-point play and then knocking down a long-range bomb to cut the score to 80-75 with 4:40 left.
patriotleague.collegesports.com /genrel/013002aaa.html   (893 words)

  
 Squire, Sanders & Dempsey L.L.P. - Lawyers - Noriyuki Shimoda
Noriyuki Shimoda’s practice focuses on the representation of Japanese clients with regard to their business activities in the United States.
Shimoda has spoken at seminars in Japan and the United States on such subjects as California corporate law, US/Japanese labor law, US venture capital financing, US intellectual property law and US immigration law.
Shimoda was named as one of Silicon Valley’s top corporate lawyers by San Jose Magazine for the fourth year in a row.
www.ssd.com /lawyers/lawyer_detail.aspx?lawyerid=20007   (144 words)

  
 Black Ship Scrolls - Scholar's Tour
After the Treaty of Kanagawa was signed in March of 1854, Perry and his crew set sail for the newly opened port of Shimoda.
Shimoda was located about 130 miles from the city of Edo, at the southern end of the rugged Izu Peninsula.
Heine, the artist on the Perry Expedition, said of Shimoda, "the harbor of Shimoda consists of a spacious inlet surrounded by rolling countryside rising to hills of several hundred feet.
www.us-japan.org /jsnc/virtualjapan/BSS/tour/tour4.htm   (153 words)

  
 Shimoda-Sensei   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
It is with much sadness I announce Shimoda, Masaharu, hachidan, passed away on September 8, 1999 in Santa Barbara, CA.
Shimoda sensei was active in kendo up to the week he passed away.
Born in Carpinteria, CA on March 28, 1918, Shimoda sensei spent his childhood and formative years in Japan.
www.rain.org /~galvan/shimoda.html   (113 words)

  
 Fitzgerald Participates in Shimoda Black Ship Festival   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
050520-N-9851B-014 Shimoda, Japan (May 20, 2005) - Commander, Naval Forces Japan, Rear Adm. Frederic Ruehe; Commander, Fleet Activities Yokosuka, Capt. Gregory Cornish; Commanding Officer, USS Fitzgerald, Cmdr. Brad Smith and Navy Chaplain Lt. Robert Jones, salute as Mayor of Shimoda, Mr.
SHIMODA, Japan (NNS) -- The guided-missile destroyer USS Fitzgerald (DDG 62) completed a successful port visit here May 20-22 after representing the U.S. Navy at the 66th Shimoda Black Ship Festival.
Numerous Fitzgerald crew members, citizens of Shimoda, citizens of Perry’s home state of Rhode Island, and others all attended the ceremony, which featured speeches from a number of dignitaries, as well as music from the U.S. 7th Fleet Band and the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) Band.
www.navy.mil /search/display.asp?story_id=18557   (707 words)

  
 Gary Sailors experience Shimoda Black Ship Festival   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The crew and families of USS Gary (FFG-51) enjoyed part of the Japanese culture during a visit to Shimoda, Japan, which held the 61st Annual Shimoda Black Ship Festival.
On the journey to Shimoda, Gary hosted a "family day cruise" so families could ride the ship down to Shimoda and enjoy the port visit.
Several hundred people were there, including the mayor of Shimoda, who expressed hope for lasting peace and friendship between the United States and Japan.
www.c7f.navy.mil /news/2000/05/42.htm   (305 words)

  
 ALMS News - Shimoda storms to Petit Le Mans pole..
Hayanari Shimoda made it two pole positions in two attempts as he captured pole for the Petit Le Mans with a sterling lap at Road Atlanta during qualifying for the cornerstone event of the American Le Mans Series.
Shimoda, who won the pole at Mid-Ohio in the only other ALMS appearance this season for the Zytek team, set Friday's fast time on his second of five laps.
The car was involved in an incident during the morning's practice session, and the crew had to work on the machine's right rear suspension, the rear bodywork and wing to be ready for the session.
www.crash.net /uk/en/news_view.asp?cid=9&nid=119901   (481 words)

  
 L.J.C. Shimoda's current projects
Todd Shimoda is the author of 365 Views of Mt. Fuji.
L J.C. Shimoda, his wife and the illustrator of this book and 365 Views of Mt. Fuji, is an artist who has studied Japanese art and calligraphy, interpreting these traditional media with her distinct vision.
L.J.C. Shimoda is an illustrator and graphic designer whose work includes the acclaimed drawings in 365 Views of Mt. Fuji.
www.shimodaworks.com /Pages/LJC/current.html   (2249 words)

  
 CNN.com - Sizzling second annual Bacon Show - Aug. 20, 2003
Brandon Shimoda, an artists and organizer, simply wanted people to come in and share his love of bacon.
Shimoda, 25, said he was inspired by the memories bacon evokes, particularly of his childhood.
Gretel's mother was the one who saw Shimoda's advertisement in a local newspaper and helped her daughter enter her painting.
www.cnn.com /2003/TRAVEL/08/19/offbeat.bacon.ap   (470 words)

  
 Michiko Shimoda, Ph.D.
These efforts are anticipated to lead to new strategies for vaccine development as well as for manipulation of pathways causing disease.
Shimoda, M., Inoue, Y., Ametani, A., Tsuji, N.M., Kurisaki, J., Azuma, N., and Kanno, C. (1998) Anti-DNA autoantibodies are spontaneously generated in mouse Peyer's patches.
Shimoda, M., Nakamura, T., Takahashi, Y., Asanuma, H., Tamura, S.-I., Kurata, T., Mizuochi,T., Azuma, N., Kanno, C. and Takemori, T. (2001) Isotype-specific selection of high-affinity memory B cells in nasal-associated lymphoid tissue.
www.mcg.edu /institutes/immag/shimoda.html   (198 words)

  
 Forespore membrane assembly in yeast: coordinating SPBs and membrane trafficking -- Shimoda 117 (3): 389 -- Journal of ...
Hirata, A. and Shimoda, C. Structural modification of spindle pole bodies during meiosis II is essential for the normal formation of ascospores in Schizosaccharomyces pombe: ultrastructural analysis of spo mutants.
Shimoda, C. and Uehira, M. Cloning of the Schizosaccharomyces pombe mei3 gene essential for the initiation of meiosis.
Shimoda, C., Uehira, M., Kishida, M., Fujioka, H., Iino, Y., Watanabe, Y. and Yamamoto, M. Cloning and analysis of transcription of the mei2 gene responsible for initiation of meiosis in the fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe.
jcs.biologists.org /cgi/content/full/117/3/389   (4719 words)

  
 AsianWeek.com: Feature: A Novel of Past and Future   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Shimoda, a third-generation Japanese American, received a Ph.D. from UC Berkeley in science and mathematics, and now works as a cognitive scientist at Colorado State University, where he teaches mainly information science courses.
Shimoda himself took neuroscience classes while getting his Ph.D. at Berkeley and said the idea of the book came from the study of the mind/body connection and its parallels to Linda’s study of Japanese calligraphy, and how the emotional state of the mind affects physical functions.
It wasn’t until Shimoda lived in Japan in the mid-1980s that he really began to study and embrace the culture.
www.asianweek.com /2002_07_19/feature_fourthtreasure.html   (946 words)

  
 Thach, O'brien Sailors participate in Shimoda Black Ship Festival   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The tiny fishing village of Shimoda, in the southern Izu province of Japan, is a sleepy little town that could easily get lost on a map of Japan.
It was at Shimoda where Commodore Matthew Perry, sent by President Millard Fillmore, first arrived with four ‘Black Ships’ on July 8, 1853.
These Sailors had the opportunities to enjoy the culture of Shimoda, participate in a commemorative wreath-laying ceremony and march in a parade.
www.c7f.navy.mil /news2/7frel503.html   (1115 words)

  
 The Sunday Telegraph: Shimoda and Portman set for Aim quotes@ HighBeam Research   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
TWO new mining companies are planning flotations on Aim, intending to take advantage of strong investor interest in natural resources stocks in London.
Shimoda Resources, a fund that specialises in investing in Eastern European mining companies, is to move its listing from Cyprus to London in around six week's time.
It intends to raise pounds 25m and will have a value of between pounds 50m and pounds 70m, according to chief investment officer David Mapley.
www.highbeam.com /library/doc0.asp?DOCID=1P1:80820203&refid=ip_encyclopedia_hf   (168 words)

  
 TIME Asia Print Page: Where the Barbarians First Landed -- November 11, 2002/ Vol. 160 No. 18   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The leafy hamlet is crammed with history-book buildings and memorials, and it retains a free and easy atmosphere befitting the first place in Japan where Americans and Japanese were permitted to mingle after centuries of Japanese isolation.
The place even celebrates a fl ship festival every May. Town officials are busily planning for 2004 celebrations of the 150th anniversary of Perry's landing in Shimoda Bay and there is also an annual ceremony at Ryosenji temple recreating the May 25, 1854 treaty opening Shimoda and the northern city of Hakodate to U.S. vessels.
Okichi's specter lurks throughout Shimoda, and you can sense her troubled soul best at Anchokuro, the restaurant she ran after Harris left for America, and at Hofukuji, where her bones lay in repose.
time.com /time/asia/magazine/printout/0,13675,501021111-386980,00.html   (761 words)

  
 Shimoda - TheBestLinks.com - Japan, Richard Bach, Aomori Prefecture, Shizuoka Prefecture, ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Shimoda - TheBestLinks.com - Japan, Richard Bach, Aomori Prefecture, Shizuoka Prefecture,...
Shimoda, Japan, Richard Bach, Aomori Prefecture, Shizuoka Prefecture, Shimoda,...
This is a disambiguation page, i.e., a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title.
www.thebestlinks.com /Shimoda.html   (135 words)

  
 Interior Design, the information behind the inspiration
Occupying the base of the landmark Regent Beverly Wilshire hotel, this Shimoda Design Group project represents the antithesis of bling bling—and the embodiment of a pearl's understated elegance.
To introduce the treasures inside, Shimoda took care to burnish the street presence of this real-estate prize.
Above: Shimoda based a custom wool rug's pattern on the surface of a pearl, as seen through an electron microscope.
www.interiordesign.net /index.asp?layout=preview&articleID=CA412143   (738 words)

  
 Interior Design: Serendipity on sunset. (Intervention).(architect Joey Shimoda and photographer Benny Chan made ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
(Intervention).(architect Joey Shimoda and photographer Benny Chan made temporary atr piece from almost demolished building on Sunset Boulevard)(Brief Article)
SHIMODA DESIGN GROUP had just demolished the window wall of a building on Sunset Boulevard, in the heart of Hollywood, when the glass order was delayed.
Rather than covering the exposed five-story structure with screens and scaffolding, architect Joey Shimoda and photographer Benny Chan decided to create a temporary art piece a la Gordon Matta-Clark.
www.highbeam.com /library/doc0.asp?DOCID=1G1:82750054&refid=ip_encyclopedia_hf   (193 words)

  
 Interview with Sano M. Shimoda, BioScience Securities.: TWST
Shimoda: If you step back to gain perspective, ag-biotech was always sort of the lost stepchild to medical biotech in the boom days of biotech in the late 1980s and the early 1990s.
People really didn't understand that biotechnology applied to agriculture was a horse of a different color, compared to the medical area.
Shimoda: Monsanto had clearly been a leader in the development of the technology.
www.twst.com /notes/articles/ham810.html   (881 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Shimoda has been celebrating the Black Ship Festival since the 1934 and the festival is also celebrated in Shimoda's sister city, Newport, R.I., which was the birthplace of Commodore Perry.
Shimoda planned several friendly competitions for the Sailors and citizens of Shimoda to strengthen what Commodore Perry started - friendship.
Shimoda, only 50 miles away from Yokosuka, allowed many families to enjoy the festivities.
www.news.navy.mil /search/display_word.asp?story_id=2143   (597 words)

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